LegenTerry 273 Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Bringing out Mata was the mistake. Sort of. He had three options 1) Kevin for Willian (the best of them) or Hazard; 2) Mata for Oscar - but that didn't make any sense as Oscar was by far our best player in the pitch; 3) Mata for Willian or Hazard.There are two problems with the Mata sub 1) Mata has been poor this season.Mata is poor? He wasn't playing any match yet,maybe he had playing 30 in total this season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LayZ 201 Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 We looked good against Bayern but have looked absolutely woeful since...this brand of counter attacking football clearly doesn't work against teams who park the bus or are at least patient in possession...which does not bode well for our premier league hopes...On a sidenote,who subs both midfielders at the same time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polo 18 Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Torres was the best today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Bucharest are far worse than Basel. Anyway, Mourinho was outfoxed tactically my Murat Yakin, we allowed them far too much space for the 1-1 and the 1-2 was a series of individual mistakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mong630 7 Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 What went wrong before this game:Spending big on players like schurrle and willian when what we need are capable defenders Loaning out our best striker, keeping 2 useless donkeys and signing a 32year old who hasnt played a single match on PL level for years. Pre-season is only pre-season but it becomes totally useless when you forget everything you see and use it only for marketing reasons instead of creating a team you want to play when its for realDuring the game:3 very bad substitutions. Hazard was awful, mata shouldn't even be on the bench and what's the point in bringing on Mikel? The only player that could have changed things around is KdB, have no idea what he did wrong to Jose for not getting any minutes to prove his worth. 4-2-3-1 is no formation to play a team like Basel at home. Play 2 strikers (even when your strikers are shit) and it will be a much easier game. Arrogance: just like people on this forum predicted a 5-0 win, the same way our players acted on the pitch. There are no CL-games that you can win by playing at 80% unless you have messi or ronaldo in your team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheva. 5,373 Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 I miss Torres-Mata combo, at least Mata would always score lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinol 337 Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 I wonder what is the problem here ...- We have good players, great players.- We have one of the best managers around.What the hell ?A bunch of mediocre players that play like a team>A bunch of great talents who dont play as a team.A front 3 with different types of players that have speed, technique, pace, creativity and gives with>Oscar, Mata, Willian, Hazard etcTheres my 2 reasons why we are where we are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea Legend 11 4,062 Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Absolute horse shit. If anyone can find one positive to draw from todays game I'm listening and I'll be ready to shoot you down.Cole - back to back abysmal performancesIvanovic - Not looking anything like a RB Cahil/Luiz - Zero organization and no awareness whatsoever.Lampard - I'd be surprised if he made one tackle today. every time he received the ball he turned around and passed it to the defenders... UselessVan Ginkel - Probably the worst I've seen him play, poor first touches and late on almost every tackle.Hazard - FLOPPED. He hasn't put in one decent shift in the Champions league to date. Zero influence and some of the most ridiculous decisions passing it.Oscar - Ya he scored but his passes were awful, again the decisions just weren't there and when they were the pass was wayward.Willian - He ran today... That's about it. I thought he was gonna inject some width we looked so narrow it was frightening. Eto'o - never got involved and when he did just looked terrible. Had no endeavour or made any runs.Mata - Still looks like he needs more time with the 1st team he just looked like he didn't know where to play the ball.Ba - I back him to score today and truly he looked average. Held up the ball at least.Jose Mourinho has no excuse today tactically he got it wrong today Salah had a field day down the flank and neither Cole nor Brana had the pace to deal with him. We only got width from our FB's and when we turned it over our FB's were way too slow to get back and deal with the Salah. That was a tactical error...The FB's need to stay home and allow for the width to come from our wingers. We look completely unorganized to call this a Jose Mourinho side. I'm VERY disappointed with the performance and lack of drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Flash 1,144 Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Sadly too many individuals they are not playing like a team. I really really hope for pod stuff but so far so poor, I dont get it, towards end of las season I thought we were very good and in preseason but now very worried and embarrassed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polo 18 Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Mata is poor? He wasn't playing any match yet,maybe he had playing 30 in total this seasonMata has played two matches i think and he was shitttttttt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hutcho 8,443 Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 I think Mourinho needs to pick a best 11 type side and then make smaller adjustments and rotations from there. I know we have so much depth in certain areas that some players will miss out. But even hazard and mata Wern't on the same wave length and last season those 2 effectively carried the teams attack. I'm not saying don't make changes and rotate because it needs to be done. But some continuity needs to be there imo. Look at the other top teams. They make 1 or 2 changes each week. But they have a core team. I go into our games knowing that Cech cole and hazard will start. The rest i have no idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidzeret 2,257 Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Reiterating the fact that 4-3-3 is the way forward. With these narrow wingers, we are getting crowded out in the centre with little chances created for our strikers.Mour still haven't found that winning formula this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mufassir08 2,400 Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 We'd be a LOT better, if we had some sort of resting point in the centre of the pitch. A player who can keep the ball and dictate tempo, it's so obvious.Our CM's should be the backbone of the team, instead we look spineless.Someone tell this to jose or emenalo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Did anyone smell Hydrogen Sulphide tonight???/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuvala 2,167 Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 This isn't about "we shouldn't have sent Lukaku on loan" or "We should've used KDB" etc.This is about the team not playing well. This isn't individual, we were bad as a team. Can't put the blame on one player, nor can you put it on Mou.We are not fluid, we don't create enough chances. we're playing wrong.Something is not working, and it will take time and patience to fix it. There are no shortcuts, no quick-fix. I really hope Roman realizes this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea Legend 11 4,062 Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 What went wrong before this game:Spending big on players like schurrle and willian when what we need are capable defenders Loaning out our best striker, keeping 2 useless donkeys and signing a 32year old who hasnt played a single match on PL level for years. Pre-season is only pre-season but it becomes totally useless when you forget everything you see and use it only for marketing reasons instead of creating a team you want to play when its for realDuring the game:3 very bad substitutions. Hazard was awful, mata shouldn't even be on the bench and what's the point in bringing on Mikel? The only player that could have changed things around is KdB, have no idea what he did wrong to Jose for not getting any minutes to prove his worth. 4-2-3-1 is no formation to play a team like Basel at home. Play 2 strikers (even when your strikers are shit) and it will be a much easier game. Arrogance: just like people on this forum predicted a 5-0 win, the same way our players acted on the pitch. There are no CL-games that you can win by playing at 80% unless you have messi or ronaldo in your team.We looked lost out there.The reason Mikel was brought on was to allow us to get more people forward while he sits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nero 1,874 Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 what the fuck ???chelsea 1 basel 2!shit happens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chopchop 68 Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Why can't De Bruyne get a game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Flash 1,144 Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Why can't De Bruyne get a game?God knows he was great in preseason and even for Belguim against Scotland I was at the game an he was great. He should have been on instead of Van Ginkel, he was rubbish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polo 18 Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 we neraly beat the champions of Europe and we do nothing against a shit team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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